Category: Child Free Living

I recently heard the terms “non-Mother’s Day” and “non-Father’s Day.” My initial reaction was confusion. I have been thinking about it since Mother’s Day is behind us and Father’s Day is quickly approaching. What does this really mean?

I believe these terms were meant for us to take a moment to consider the people who are childfree. Ther...

Last week I received a frantic call from a client whose husband had changed his mind about continuing with infertility treatment. The couple had been trying to conceive for years and had taken on a tremendous financial burden. Their last IVF cycle had failed and that is when her husband declared, "Enough, I am done, I have supported you throughout...

When is enough, enough? This question creeps in at different moments as you pursue treatment. Enough is a judgment that is weighed individually but has common thoughts and feelings. For many, enough is reached when treatment fails to provide the hoped for pregnancy and the doctor is saying there is little else to offer hope that treatment will yield a...